Lane Ranger 10,947 #1 Posted May 1, 2021 I decided to use a new 3/4 inch rod for a sickle bar mower frame plate I am rebuilding! The sickle mower I am working on is a pretty rusty one. You can buy a 3/4 12 inch long rod with continuous keyway on eBay . The rod in plate is ten inches. The rod holds the 5 inch drive pulley that connects to your tractor motor and a 2.5 inch pulley in center of frame plate that turns the sickle drive belt 90 degrees. I use new bearings and they have two set screws. Both pulleys use keys. I bought an aluminum 5 inch pulley on eBay also for a replacement of the original. The last pic not mine but shows sickle setup on a tractor. 4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lane Ranger 10,947 #2 Posted September 5, 2021 Finally finishing up on a 42inch sickle bar mower I rebuilt for Rodney Burger (lawnman_56) . This was a rusty one but all new knife blades, bolts and paint. Still need to put idler pulley on the frame plate but the plate has new bearings and 3/4 inch shaft. I used a new shaft with keyway for all new or rebuilt pulleys ( the common 1623 Wheel Horse idler pulley). I may mount on my B-80 tractor to see who it performs. One of my last jobs was the U shaped rear sickle support bar. I used K & W Knock Her Loose Penetrate from NAPA on the rear sickle U shaped frame bar to make it moveable again. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites